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Customer Reviews: Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0  Connie and Carla: 
If you've ever had a best friend you are sure to enjoy this story. Trial and tribulations of friendship and willingness to follow your dreams and not willing to let anyone hold you back.
The title says it all!: 
The book was released a few weeks before the film. It's about two young women named Connie and Carla(portrayed by Nia Vardalos and Toni Collette in the film) who run away to form a lounge act in various locations. They sing songs from various musicals including THERE ARE WORSE THINGS I COULD DO from "Grease"(both the musical and the 1978 film). Connie had a longtime dream of meeting her idol Debbie Reynolds. A short time later,BOOM! Reynolds appeared. Now Connie,Carla and Debbie are singing together. Connie... more info Chiel does Wilder: 
Some movies should never be remade! Like say, "Some Like It Hot". Can you imagine how stupid it would be to try and remake that classic? Oh, wait. They did remake it. Some idiot suits thought it would be clever to update Billy Wilder's great film, this time with two women masquerading as drag queens. Oy! But, as with the pointless remake of Wilder's Sabrina, there is a bright side, namely a peachy novel of a crappy movie written by the master of the novelization, Deborah Chiel. Skip the movie, Read the book... more info
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